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FOOD SCARCITY [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2005-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

Although genetically identical to the eight-foot, 900-pound coastal brown bears of southern Alaska, the barren ground grizzly rarely tops six feet and 500 pounds. A scarcity of food in northern Alaska makes these grizzlies smaller, and they behave very differently from coastal brown bears.

Key term(s)
  • barren-ground grizzly bear

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
OBS

Pluriel : des grizzlis, des grizzlys.

OBS

grizzli (sing.); grizzlis (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

Often an artificial lake offering a nice sight.

CONT

Arid climates required the development of irrigation technology and because of the scarcity and great value of water, desert societies made early use of this technology to incorporate water into their gardens as a decorative feature. Ancient Persia. Contemporary descriptions of the Mesopotamian and Egyptian water displays illustrate this point by depicting decorative pools and channels that doubled as reservoirs and irrigation canals. These pools tended toward simple geometric shapes, providing the major focus in a garden or courtyard; they often included papyrus, lotus, and other water-associated plants; some were used to raise fish for food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Élément décoratif introduit artificiellement dans le jardin ou présent à l'état spontané. L'étang ou la mare naturels appartiennent à cette dernière catégorie. Dans un jardin dépourvu d'eau, il est toujours possible de fabriquer une pièce d'eau qui pourra accueillir des plantes aquatiques aussi bien que des poissons, des canards, des cygnes.

CONT

Les pièces d'eau peuvent être nues ou habillées de végétaux et plus ou moins décorées par des accessoires divers : pont, fontaine, ruisseau d'alimentation, etc. [...] La pièce d'eau va du très petit bassin à [...] l'étang artificiel en ce qui concerne sa surface, et du pédiluve à [...] la piscine pour sa profondeur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura paisajista
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